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20 answers for: Bird once meant one should swing (8)
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BLACKCAPBird once meant one should swing (8)
BATEMENTReduction once meant bet should be dissolved (8)
ACCIDENTWord for what once meant "to fall upon" but now describes a misfortune or mishap, often a literal slip, trip or fall (8)
LITTERAS____ mittens: this once meant walking to a post box (acc. pl.)
ESTRIDGEBig bird once upon a time mixed grit with seed (8)
TOUCANETBird once taut fluttering (8)
MOABITESTribespeople giving warning about dangerous bird once? (8)
ERSTIt once meant "once"
ANNOUNCEMENTNun once meant to make a proclamation (12)
INIONState of wedlock once meant the workhouse (5)
NIHILIt once meant nothing
UNIONState of wedlock once meant the workhouse (5)
ALIVEWhat "quick" once meant
EMSIn printing, what once meant any portions of the page that the letter M occupies? (3)
VIEWhat now means "to contend for superiority" but once meant "to stake in card playing"? (3)
RIOTWord for civil disorder, revelry, a dazzling display of colours or a highly amusing person or thing that once meant dissolute living (4)
RACCOONCalvin Coolidge pardoned this animal, once meant for dinner, and kept it as a pet
ENTREMETSFrench term which once meant a light dish between courses at a formal banquet, and later a dessert
METALFrom "mine, quarry", word for a material such as gold, that also once meant courage, spirit and vigour (5)
EKEPossibly derived from the Latin word "augere", what once meant "to add to" but now more commonly means "to scratch out a living"? (3)